ecpg(1)

NAME

       ecpg - embedded SQL C preprocessor

SYNOPSIS

       ecpg [ option... ] file...

DESCRIPTION

       ecpg  is  the  embedded  SQL preprocessor for C programs. It converts C
       programs with embedded SQL statements to normal C code by replacing the
       SQL  invocations with special function calls. The output files can then
       be processed with any C compiler tool chain.

       ecpg will convert each input file given on the command line to the cor-
       responding  C  output  file.  Input files preferably have the extension
       .pgc, in which case the extension will be replaced by .c  to  determine
       the  output  file name. If the extension of the input file is not .pgc,
       then the output file name is computed by appending .c to the full  file
       name.  The output file name can also be overridden using the -o option.

       This reference page does not describe the embedded SQL  language.   See
       the  ECPG  chapter  in  the  documentation for more information on that
       topic.

OPTIONS

       ecpg accepts the following command-line arguments:

       -c     Automatically generate certain C code from SQL code.  Currently,
              this works for EXEC SQL TYPE.

       -C mode
              Set a compatibility mode. mode may be INFORMIX or INFORMIX_SE.

       -D symbol
              Define a C preprocessor symbol.

       -i     Parse system include files as well.

       -I directory
              Specify  an additional include path, used to find files included
              via EXEC  SQL  INCLUDE.  Defaults  are  .  (current  directory),
              /usr/local/include,  the  PostgreSQL  include directory which is
              defined at compile time (default: /usr/local/pgsql/include), and
              /usr/include, in that order.

       -o filename
              Specifies  that  ecpg  should  write all its output to the given
              filename.

       -r option
              Selects a run-time  behavior.  Currently,  option  can  only  be
              no_indicator.

       -t     Turn  on autocommit of transactions. In this mode, each SQL com-
              mand is automatically committed unless it is inside an  explicit
              transaction  block.  In the default mode, commands are committed
              only when EXEC SQL COMMIT is issued.

       -v     Print additional  information  including  the  version  and  the
              include path.

       --help Show a brief summary of the command usage, then exit.

       --version
              Output version information, then exit.

NOTES

       When  compiling the preprocessed C code files, the compiler needs to be
       able to find the ECPG header files in the PostgreSQL include directory.
       Therefore,  one  might have to use the -I option when invoking the com-
       piler (e.g., -I/usr/local/pgsql/include).

       Programs using C code with embedded SQL have to be linked  against  the
       libecpg    library,    for    example    using   the   linker   options
       -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lecpg.

       The value of either of these directories that is  appropriate  for  the
       installation can be found out using pg_config(1).

EXAMPLES

       If you have an embedded SQL C source file named prog1.pgc, you can cre-
       ate an executable program using the following sequence of commands:

       ecpg prog1.pgc
       cc -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -c prog1.c
       cc -o prog1 prog1.o -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lecpg

Application                       2003-11-02                           ECPG(1)